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Ancient Greece Study Guide

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did the Minoan Civilization live?

a)

Ȉ̷̛̖̅͛̈́͛͌̇̑̅̄̿̆́̂̀̚͝n̴̛̘̐͂̍̔̈́̉́̔̅́͛̋͊͑̈́͊̊̈̋͑̀́͝ ̵̧̛͔͉̪͉̻͖̦̙̞̰̲̦̭̞̮͉̾͑̃͛̇̎̀̉̔̌͂̌̚̕͜͝ͅy̴̡̗̝̻̰̦̮̤̭̝͋̔͆͆̑̄̃̾̈́̉̅̊̐̐̔̌͗͘̕̚͝͝͠o̵̜̞̘̬̓̅̈̆̔̾͋͋́̏͐͘u̸̢̢̮̠̫̦̰͖̥͇͍̝͖͉͔̰͇͓̝̲̹̲͔̖̝͋̔̓̅̎̑͗̏̈̓͋̑̐̅͆̑̊́̂̋̇̊̈́̚͠r̸̢͍͍̪̲̙̩͉̫͈̟͖̆̈̓̏̂̒͂̕͝ ̸̨̢̢̧̛̥͇͓̰̯̥̰̭͎̘͙͚̗͍̀̏̎́̊̀̂́̓̓̚͜͝w̸̼̆̍̀̏̄͌̆̐̋̐͆̋͂̆̈́̂͗̈́̕̕ä̴̡͎͈͎̯̝̮̬͇͓̟̠̼̗̜̭͔̦́̍̇̀̀̔͊̍͂̃̈̾̊̽͗̚͘ĺ̵̛͎̬̏̇̏̒͗̏̏l̷̡̡̠̘̣̩͍̼̯̙͓̘̼͍̪̰͓͑̿̎̀͑͑̈̂͒͌̓̾̐̓̏̓́̀͆̈́̏̉̃̓̂̈̅̕̕͠s̶̠͌̀͐͐̈̇̊̄̋̾͆̅̀

b)

Athens

c)

Persia

d)

Crete

e)

Olympus

2.

What were Greek cities called?

a)

Polis

b)

Corinthian

c)

Ionic

d)

Cities

3.

How did the Greeks win the Persian War?

a)

Strategy

b)

Training

c)

Technology

d)

All of the Above

4.

What type of Government did Athens operate?

a)

Democratic

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Communism

d)

Dictatorship

5.

What war is famous for a

"wooden horse"

a)

Trojan wars

b)

Persian war

c)

Peloponnesian war

d)

none at all your insane

6.

During the Golden Age who rebuilt Athens

a)

Pericles

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

King Philip II

d)

Euclid

7.

Who is Philip II?

a)

Alexander the Great's father

b)

a nobody

c)

Persian emperor

d)

Ruler of Sparta

8.

At what age do Spartan boys begin military training?

a)

18

b)

20

c)

60

d)

7

9.

Father of Geometry?

a)

Euclid

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Socrates

d)

Apollo

10.

Who invented the water screw?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Plato

c)

Apollo

d)

Aristotle

11.

Who had more rights?

a)

Spartan Women

b)

Athenian Women

12.

What did Spartan women train for

a)

Military

b)

Sports

c)

Raising children

d)

Sports and raising children

13.

Who was Socrates most well known student

a)

Apollo

b)

Plato

c)

Pericles

d)

Homer

14.

Who wrote about the Trojan War?

a)

Apollo

b)

Homer Simpson

c)

Homer

d)

Socrates

15.

What war caused the downfall of Athens?

a)

Persian War

b)

Marathon

c)

Peloponnesian war

d)

Sparta

16.

Were is Alexandria located?

a)

Greece

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

Persia

17.

_______ comes from the Greek word "love of wisdom"

a)

Literature

b)

Philosophy

c)

Math

d)

Science

18.

Which object was the center of Ptolemy's model of the universe?

a)

 Earth

b)

Mercury

c)

The Moon

d)

The sun

19.

What was Alexander’s cultural legacy?

a)

The gold and silver that his thieving brought

b)

The spread of Greek language, architecture, literature, and art

c)

The possession of the entire Persian Empire

d)

His strong skills as a military leader

20.

 Which statement best describes a contribution made by the ancient Greeks?

a)

They made the first empire.

b)

They developed the first codes of laws.

c)

They formed the first democracy

d)

The end of the Persian Empire